Let me get this straight: Your fear is that someone will hack the XBox, because then Microsoft will sell more of them? You'd rather they sell an un-hackable console? You really hate MS that much?
Boy, I'll bet you're really pissed that Compaq et. al. hacked the IBM PC platform! That let billg sell lots more copies of DOS than if they'd kept it closed, thus financing the Evil Empire's rise to power.
How about "use one of the browsers which work correctly and are freely available for every OS or don't view my webpage (or half a billion other ones)". "Correctly" being defined as "conforming to standards defined many years ago."
Well, since the subject was Netscape's failure to properly render CSS positioning, and since CSS wasn't in the HTML standards of "many years ago," you basically support my position. By the way, did you follow the link I gave?
A quick check of the HTML indicates that CSS positioning was used; Nutscrape...doesn't know how to implement CSS positioning. Internet Explorer works properly; Mozilla and Opera should work too
So, you're in agreement: It was a braindead web design. "Use my browser or don't view my webpage" is braindead web design. Period.
No kidding. I once heard some guru pontificate that your source should have three lines of comments for each line of code. I thought that was stupid, until I found myself maintaining other people's code. Then I saw some example code from a database vendor that had three comments for each line of code (mind you, they were explaining how to use a particular feature) and it was as clear as day. It was like someone took the blindfold off. I've tried to totally comment all my code since then, and I've found that I actually write better code. Now, when I have a bug, I look for what the comment says I intended the code to do, then I double-check that the code actually does that; usually the bugs find (and fix) themselves this way. Try it, you'll like it!
I swear, that's what it looks like to me. I want a tablet PC -- basically a PDA with a very large screen -- and they give us yet another micro laptop. Remember the original Jornada?
I'm afraid that in the next version of Windoze it will be more like "IE is trying to play a muilti-media file. Shall we bill the RIAA/MPAA royalty to your Passport.NET, or your MSN account?"
8). stablity (i.e, Debian/stable) 9). the newest pacakges ALL the TIME (i.e, Debian/unstable)
I'd like both, please. That rules out Debian. I'm looking to move off RedHat, and I'd love to try apt/get, but how long must I wait for a 2.4 kernel Debian/stable? I'd rather not apply an unoffical patch
Here's my guess: The funneling effect of the arrowhead allows more randomly-moving particles flow in that direction rather than the rather small reverse opening.
That's a GUESS, allright! Did you view the videos? No, I guess not.
Clearly the ones going the "wrong" way turn around inside the "arrows" (triangles, really). The microtubules appear to stick to the walls of the track, thus they go down the angled side of the triangle, hit the corner at the base and turn, follow the base and fail to negotiate the 90 degree turn to continue down the track the way they were headed (wrong-way), hit the next corner and turn again, following the side of the triangle toward the center of the track, which they join now going in the desired direction. It doesn't take too long for the approx. half going the wrong way to get turned around within the first triangle they encounter.
The only real mystery is why they fail to make the 90 degree turn from the base to the track. This picture clearly shows the true shape of the "arrowheads", and from the looks of it the microtubules should stick to the track wall and turn down the track, continuing the wrong way -- the radius is certainly greater than the triangle corners, which they negotiate just fine. Why do they "unstick" from the track wall and cross the "upstream" track opening? Are the microtubules longer than the track is wide (longer than the opening in the base)? How flexible are the microtubules? Can they bend around corners?
It would be interesting to see their behaviour traversing various geometric shapes. I'm sure they tried more than just triangles, but they're only showing us the "useful" one.
have[ing] [Bat Manuel and Captain Liberty] deeply in love with one another seems like a major switch.
Did you watch the same show I watched? They clearly are not deeply in love -- she broke his arm when he tried to reach "Third Base"! They are definately in lust, but she despises him and he only wants her for her body. He just wants all women for their bodies, which is probably why she despises him. I thought the two characters were good, although Bat Manuel's mask sucks. Was that painted on with mascara?
It depends on the application. The *best* use I've yet seen for voice recognition (besides hands-free cellphone dialing, which is mostly just recognizing numbers) was on a loading dock. They got invoices and bills of lading from lots of sources, on lots of forms, with the information in lots of different places. They would just read the stuff they needed in the order their system needed it (shipper name, address, etc.; invoice number; part numbers; whatever). They got used to the various forms and could quickly find and read the desired info. I suppose you could teach an OCR program to recognize all the different forms, but what about the ones with coffee and jelly stains, handwritten forms, etc? Voice recognition was way cool for this app.
you might consider creating a 'bozo' class for your logins, wherein the person _thinks_ they're still able to do things, but actually aren't.
Excellent suggestion! Instead of kicking them off, put them in the "safe" room. You should be able to fool them with a well-planned trap -- just don't change the look of one page without changing the other!
This reminds me of a bit of manufacturing equipment I once saw (a plastic injection molding machine, IIRC). There was a control panel with knobs and switches and dials, which the production workers would adjust throughout their shift to maintain certain limits (temperature, pressure, etc.). Every evening the night shift folks would state that the day shifters had it all screwed up, and would set the knobs where they liked them. Every morning the day shifters would say the same about the night shifters and set the knobs back. Neither group knew that the controls on the panel did nothing except make the dials move a bit; the real controls were all hidden inside the panel, where only the production engineers could get at them. Everyone was happy!
There is no way to know without controlled expiriments lasting for several million years. Even if we had the patience to see such a study through, we don't have the ability to construct several idenitical solar systems, complete with suns and planets, so we can't control the variables.
That's what happens when you leave science to lay-folk. Any real scientist would tell you that your proposal is way too ambitious; the scope of your proposed experiment can be drastically reduced without adversly affecting the outcome. You don't need to build multiple solar systems for your control group, you just need to build multiple Earths, orbiting the one Sun. You have to admit that building multiple Earths is far easier than building multiple solar systems. I suggest you start with Venus, as the 2nd rock's pretty worthless except as a navigation device for sailors, it's about the right size, and it's already close to the desired orbit.
The problem is that RIAA will be riding high on HP success with this product and their grip will be firmer when it comes to controlling what you will do with your music.
This is not a problem, it's a blessing, as at $1000 HP will sell few of these. Then we can all point to the RIAA's DRM component as the reason for lousy sales (it's certainly a major reason I wouldn't buy one, even at half the price). To make this work, everyone here should write HP a nice snail-mail letter politely telling them that you were interested in the de100c until you learned of the DRM crap.
I expect this to mean Linux native binary apps. The wording is a bit confusing, Eh what?
Would those be 80386 Linux native binary apps, or SPARC Linux native binary apps, or Alpha Linux native binary apps, or PowerPC Linux native binary apps, or???
Nicholas Negroponte is the same guy who predicted that... micropayments will "change consumer behavior enormously".
What's your problem with this statement? Untill someone implements micropayments, this prediction cannot be proved or disproved. So, what's your point? That he was wrong in the sense that we still don't have micropayments? Is that his fault?
Which versions of Windows did they use? There are four versions of Windows 2000 and two versions of Windows XP. I assume they used Windows 2000 Professional, but did they? They don't say. And did they use XP Professional or XP Home Edition?
Would it make a difference? It should, otherwise why pay $100 more for XP Professional?
What happens when 2 layer DVD comes out and you want to upgrade your DVD player for $200? Do you really want to have to buy another $1500 unit that includes a whole new integrated MP3 jukebox, TiVo, tuner, amplifier, tape deck and X-Box video game? I exaggerate, but you can see the advantages to having each box do something well (kind of like the Unix philosophy:) ).
Yes, I want the Unix approach, as in one server running Samba and Apache and Sendmail. What you propose is three servers, one for Samba, one for Apache, and one for Sendmail. No, thanks. There is no need to replace the entire box to upgrade to 2 layer DVD; just replace the DVD drive. Of course, the likes of HP wouldn't consider that a feature, they'd consider it a liability hurting future sales. They forget that their current limited offerings hurt current sales. Why should I buy this $1000 HP box when for the same money I can make a modular, upgradeable box that does more?
So, if you work for those guys, can you please ask them to combine it with their ReplayTV? Then add a DVD/CD drive. If you guys make a box that does all that (audio and video), I'll buy it.
Why should I have to buy 3 boxes, each with only 80% of what I want? You want me to pay 240% to get 100%? I should buy 3 cases, 3 power supplies, 3 user interfaces, 3 amplifiers, 3 audio A/D and D/A converters (one in the Rio, one in the Replay, and one in the DVD), and 2 video A/D and D/A converters (one in the Replay and one in the DVD player)? And after all that I can only play my files on your box? Forget it! I fear the only companies that get it are the Japanese, because they really do have livingroom space issues. Sorry, but my shelves are allready full, and I'm not from California so I don't need more stuff to prove my manhood.
And why does the Replay TV 4000 only let me play my files on other Replay TV 4000s? Why can't I play them on my PC? Tell your employers that they are way too proprietary for this early adopter. I'll pay the big bucks for the latest toys, but only if they give me everything I want, not just some of what I want some of the time, under the manufacture's terms. Doesn't anyone at SONICblue ask the public what they want?
I live in a home with (let me count) eight rooms, not counting bathrooms or the basement. My wife, son, and I own (let me count) five computers, not counting the firewall or my son's old P75 mouldering in the basement (or the Sinclair ZX80, now that I think about it:-) Not everyone is limited to one PC per person.
One of those computers would do very nicely as a dedicated A/V unit, which I would prefer over having one of these de100c's and a TiVo and a DVD player. Why do TiVo and HP each put 80% of what I want in one box and make me buy another box that also has 80% of what I want, and having paid for 160% of what I want I'm still left 10% (DVD) short? Forget it, HP and TiVo: I want it all or you're just wasting my time, money, and shelf space.
I'll even subscribe to their monthly service, if it offers enough convenience at a reasonable price; otherwise, I can enter date, time, and channel to record into my dedicated, home-brew A/V computer just as easily as I now enter the same information into my VCR. Hint on the convenience/price ratio: VCR+ is not worth it to me (my Father-in-law has it, and it sucks).
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The same thing Atari, Coleco, Sega, and Nintendo did when they established market dominance.
Boy, I'll bet you're really pissed that Compaq et. al. hacked the IBM PC platform! That let billg sell lots more copies of DOS than if they'd kept it closed, thus financing the Evil Empire's rise to power.
Uh, because it's easier to hide it from the boss than from the wife?
Exactly why we need government backed (so it's accepted) digital cash (a.k.a. e-cash) (cash so it's anonymous).
Any bets how soon that will happen, post 9-11?
(Yes, I am aware of the downside.)
Well, since the subject was Netscape's failure to properly render CSS positioning, and since CSS wasn't in the HTML standards of "many years ago," you basically support my position. By the way, did you follow the link I gave?
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So, you're in agreement: It was a braindead web design. "Use my browser or don't view my webpage" is braindead web design. Period.
I'd like both, please. That rules out Debian. I'm looking to move off RedHat, and I'd love to try apt/get, but how long must I wait for a 2.4 kernel Debian/stable? I'd rather not apply an unoffical patch
That's a GUESS, allright! Did you view the videos? No, I guess not.
Clearly the ones going the "wrong" way turn around inside the "arrows" (triangles, really). The microtubules appear to stick to the walls of the track, thus they go down the angled side of the triangle, hit the corner at the base and turn, follow the base and fail to negotiate the 90 degree turn to continue down the track the way they were headed (wrong-way), hit the next corner and turn again, following the side of the triangle toward the center of the track, which they join now going in the desired direction. It doesn't take too long for the approx. half going the wrong way to get turned around within the first triangle they encounter.
The only real mystery is why they fail to make the 90 degree turn from the base to the track. This picture clearly shows the true shape of the "arrowheads", and from the looks of it the microtubules should stick to the track wall and turn down the track, continuing the wrong way -- the radius is certainly greater than the triangle corners, which they negotiate just fine. Why do they "unstick" from the track wall and cross the "upstream" track opening? Are the microtubules longer than the track is wide (longer than the opening in the base)? How flexible are the microtubules? Can they bend around corners?
It would be interesting to see their behaviour traversing various geometric shapes. I'm sure they tried more than just triangles, but they're only showing us the "useful" one.
Did you watch the same show I watched? They clearly are not deeply in love -- she broke his arm when he tried to reach "Third Base"! They are definately in lust, but she despises him and he only wants her for her body. He just wants all women for their bodies, which is probably why she despises him. I thought the two characters were good, although Bat Manuel's mask sucks. Was that painted on with mascara?
It depends on the application. The *best* use I've yet seen for voice recognition (besides hands-free cellphone dialing, which is mostly just recognizing numbers) was on a loading dock. They got invoices and bills of lading from lots of sources, on lots of forms, with the information in lots of different places. They would just read the stuff they needed in the order their system needed it (shipper name, address, etc.; invoice number; part numbers; whatever). They got used to the various forms and could quickly find and read the desired info. I suppose you could teach an OCR program to recognize all the different forms, but what about the ones with coffee and jelly stains, handwritten forms, etc? Voice recognition was way cool for this app.
Excellent suggestion! Instead of kicking them off, put them in the "safe" room. You should be able to fool them with a well-planned trap -- just don't change the look of one page without changing the other!
This reminds me of a bit of manufacturing equipment I once saw (a plastic injection molding machine, IIRC). There was a control panel with knobs and switches and dials, which the production workers would adjust throughout their shift to maintain certain limits (temperature, pressure, etc.). Every evening the night shift folks would state that the day shifters had it all screwed up, and would set the knobs where they liked them. Every morning the day shifters would say the same about the night shifters and set the knobs back. Neither group knew that the controls on the panel did nothing except make the dials move a bit; the real controls were all hidden inside the panel, where only the production engineers could get at them. Everyone was happy!
That's what happens when you leave science to lay-folk. Any real scientist would tell you that your proposal is way too ambitious; the scope of your proposed experiment can be drastically reduced without adversly affecting the outcome. You don't need to build multiple solar systems for your control group, you just need to build multiple Earths, orbiting the one Sun. You have to admit that building multiple Earths is far easier than building multiple solar systems. I suggest you start with Venus, as the 2nd rock's pretty worthless except as a navigation device for sailors, it's about the right size, and it's already close to the desired orbit.
Of course, this guy might not like it...
This is not a problem, it's a blessing, as at $1000 HP will sell few of these. Then we can all point to the RIAA's DRM component as the reason for lousy sales (it's certainly a major reason I wouldn't buy one, even at half the price). To make this work, everyone here should write HP a nice snail-mail letter politely telling them that you were interested in the de100c until you learned of the DRM crap.
Would those be 80386 Linux native binary apps, or SPARC Linux native binary apps, or Alpha Linux native binary apps, or PowerPC Linux native binary apps, or???
What's your problem with this statement? Untill someone implements micropayments, this prediction cannot be proved or disproved. So, what's your point? That he was wrong in the sense that we still don't have micropayments? Is that his fault?
Would it make a difference? It should, otherwise why pay $100 more for XP Professional?
Yes, I want the Unix approach, as in one server running Samba and Apache and Sendmail. What you propose is three servers, one for Samba, one for Apache, and one for Sendmail. No, thanks. There is no need to replace the entire box to upgrade to 2 layer DVD; just replace the DVD drive. Of course, the likes of HP wouldn't consider that a feature, they'd consider it a liability hurting future sales. They forget that their current limited offerings hurt current sales. Why should I buy this $1000 HP box when for the same money I can make a modular, upgradeable box that does more?
Why should I have to buy 3 boxes, each with only 80% of what I want? You want me to pay 240% to get 100%? I should buy 3 cases, 3 power supplies, 3 user interfaces, 3 amplifiers, 3 audio A/D and D/A converters (one in the Rio, one in the Replay, and one in the DVD), and 2 video A/D and D/A converters (one in the Replay and one in the DVD player)? And after all that I can only play my files on your box? Forget it! I fear the only companies that get it are the Japanese, because they really do have livingroom space issues. Sorry, but my shelves are allready full, and I'm not from California so I don't need more stuff to prove my manhood.
And why does the Replay TV 4000 only let me play my files on other Replay TV 4000s? Why can't I play them on my PC? Tell your employers that they are way too proprietary for this early adopter. I'll pay the big bucks for the latest toys, but only if they give me everything I want, not just some of what I want some of the time, under the manufacture's terms. Doesn't anyone at SONICblue ask the public what they want?
One of those computers would do very nicely as a dedicated A/V unit, which I would prefer over having one of these de100c's and a TiVo and a DVD player. Why do TiVo and HP each put 80% of what I want in one box and make me buy another box that also has 80% of what I want, and having paid for 160% of what I want I'm still left 10% (DVD) short? Forget it, HP and TiVo: I want it all or you're just wasting my time, money, and shelf space.
I'll even subscribe to their monthly service, if it offers enough convenience at a reasonable price; otherwise, I can enter date, time, and channel to record into my dedicated, home-brew A/V computer just as easily as I now enter the same information into my VCR. Hint on the convenience/price ratio: VCR+ is not worth it to me (my Father-in-law has it, and it sucks).